---
canonical: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@p4code/cli/v/0.8.12"
markdown: "https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@p4code/cli/v/0.8.12.md"
package: "@p4code/cli"
report_status: "published"
title: "@p4code/cli@0.8.12 npm security report"
verdict: "clean"
version: "0.8.12"
---

# @p4code/cli@0.8.12 npm security report

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## Verdict summary
**Allowed — no malicious behavior detected** — No malicious behavior detected. 21 low-signal pattern(s) reviewed.

- **Verdict:** Clean
- **Product-default install policy:** Allow
- **Firewall policy:** No policy match
- **Public report status:** Published
- **Threat category:** None published
- **Selected version:** 0.8.12
- **Selected version is latest:** No
- **Analysis source:** AI Security Review (lpm-firewall-ai)

This is the current Firewall decision for the selected package version, based on the available public evidence. Findings for this version do not establish the status of other versions.

AI assessment: clean; recommendation: mark clean. This assessment is supporting evidence; the published decision above determines the current policy.

The manifest has no install lifecycle hook, and the reviewed worker and agent-configuration locations show expected CLI and provider integration behavior. Scanner flags alone do not establish malicious behavior; the inspected source does not support a concrete attack finding.

## Latest scan
- **Scanner version:** rust-scanner-worker-schema-1
- **Recorded final verdict:** Clean
- **Recorded analysis confidence:** 76.0%
- **Started:** 2026-10-17T11:58:40.747Z
- **Finished:** 2026-10-17T11:59:44.119Z
- **Download time:** 3338 ms
- **Static scan time:** 7036 ms
- **AI review time:** 52998 ms
- **Total time:** 63372 ms

The recorded confidence comes from the underlying analysis. Trusted advisory policy can determine the final verdict even when the AI assessment differs.

## Security analysis

### Published attack-surface review

- **Summary:** No attack was identified in the inspected source. The package exposes a CLI, and the inspected worker handles Claude session history.

- **Trigger:** A user invokes the p4c CLI or its session-history worker.

- **Impact:** No malicious effect was established from the inspected behavior.

- **Review source:** ai\_review

- **Reviewed:** 2026-10-17T11:59:44.119Z

### AI review details

- **Review stage:** source\_first\_review

- **Mechanism:** The worker validates its history options and dispatches to session-message retrieval or session forking.

- **Rationale:** The manifest has no install lifecycle hook, and the reviewed worker and agent-configuration locations show expected CLI and provider integration behavior. Scanner flags alone do not establish malicious behavior; the inspected source does not support a concrete attack finding.

### Review decision

- **Verdict:** Clean

- **Confidence:** 76.0%

- **Recommended action:** mark\_clean

- **Intent class:** Benign

- **False-positive risk:** Medium

- **Evidence for AI clean decision:** package.json declares a CLI entry point and no lifecycle scripts; the package has no automatic install hook., The Claude history worker accepts a session ID and limited history options, then dispatches only session-message retrieval or session forking., The worker’s Claude environment lookup reads the Claude configuration directory and project directory name; the inspected code does not establish credential transfer to an unrelated recipient., The runtime describes a P4-owned MCP and plugin registry and says provider configuration is read for import., The other required files are bundled Effect, schema, client asset, and stdio bridge code; their inspected excerpts do not establish attack behavior.

## Affected versions and remediation

This report applies to @p4code/cli@0.8.12.

- Review the evidence and your use of @p4code/cli@0.8.12 before allowing it. Restrict the permissions described in this report.
- Choose an independently verified alternative or release. This report does not establish that other versions are safe.

## Public findings

### 1. Medium: Secret Pattern
- **Category:** Secrets
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/runtime-2Dbe0RYi.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.12/dist/runtime-2Dbe0RYi.mjs>)

Package contains a possible secret pattern.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
patternName = generic_password
severity = medium
line = 7859
```

### 2. High: Child Process
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%
- **Path:** dist/AcpMcpStdioBridge-BL9bAh79.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.12/dist/AcpMcpStdioBridge-BL9bAh79.mjs>)

Package source references child process execution.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L4: import { A as fromIterable, E as fromAsyncIterable, G as mapEffect, Nn as awaitAll, Pn as await_, Pt as unwrap, dt as runForEach, p as empty, st as runCollect } from "./Stream-CX7G...
L5: import * as NodeChildProcess from "node:child_process";
L6: import * as NodeReadline from "node:readline";
```

### 3. High: Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 85.0%

Package source references shell execution.

### 4. High: Eval
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 80.0%
- **Path:** dist/claudeHistoryWorker-BvaF6m2o.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.12/dist/claudeHistoryWorker-BvaF6m2o.mjs>)

Package source references dynamic code evaluation.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L43674: try {
L43675: return new Function(""), !0;
L43676: } catch (e) {
```

### 5. Low: Weak Crypto
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 64.0%
- **Path:** dist/claudeHistoryWorker-BvaF6m2o.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.12/dist/claudeHistoryWorker-BvaF6m2o.mjs>)

Package source references weak cryptographic algorithms.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L11: import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
L12: import * as sw from "node:child_process";
L13: import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
...
L21: import Pxe, { promisify as promisify$1 } from "util";
L22: import Gxe from "http";
L23: import Wxe from "https";
...
L187: function U(e, t, n, r, o) {
L188: if (r === "m") throw TypeError("Private method is not writable");
L189: if (r === "a" && !o) throw TypeError("Private accessor was defined without a setter");
...
L323: try {
L324: return JSON.parse(e);
L325: } catch (t) {
```

### 6. Medium: Network
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references network APIs.

### 7. Medium: Environment Vars
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 75.0%

Package source references environment variables.

### 8. Low: Filesystem
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 70.0%

Package source references filesystem APIs.

### 9. Critical: Credential Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 90.0%
- **Path:** dist/claudeHistoryWorker-BvaF6m2o.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.12/dist/claudeHistoryWorker-BvaF6m2o.mjs>)

Source appears to send environment or credential material to an external endpoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L11: import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
L12: import * as sw from "node:child_process";
L13: import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
...
L21: import Pxe, { promisify as promisify$1 } from "util";
L22: import Gxe from "http";
L23: import Wxe from "https";
...
L187: function U(e, t, n, r, o) {
L188: if (r === "m") throw TypeError("Private method is not writable");
L189: if (r === "a" && !o) throw TypeError("Private accessor was defined without a setter");
...
L323: try {
L324: return JSON.parse(e);
L325: } catch (t) {
```

### 10. High: Command Output Exfiltration
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 82.0%
- **Path:** dist/claudeHistoryWorker-BvaF6m2o.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.12/dist/claudeHistoryWorker-BvaF6m2o.mjs>)

Source combines command execution, command-output handling, and outbound requests; review data flow before blocking.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L11: import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
L12: import * as sw from "node:child_process";
L13: import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
...
L21: import Pxe, { promisify as promisify$1 } from "util";
L22: import Gxe from "http";
L23: import Wxe from "https";
...
L187: function U(e, t, n, r, o) {
L188: if (r === "m") throw TypeError("Private method is not writable");
L189: if (r === "a" && !o) throw TypeError("Private accessor was defined without a setter");
...
L323: try {
L324: return JSON.parse(e);
L325: } catch (t) {
```

### 11. Critical: Reverse Shell
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 92.0%
- **Path:** dist/claudeHistoryWorker-BvaF6m2o.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.12/dist/claudeHistoryWorker-BvaF6m2o.mjs>)

Source matches reverse-shell style process and socket wiring.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L11: import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
L12: import * as sw from "node:child_process";
L13: import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
...
L21: import Pxe, { promisify as promisify$1 } from "util";
L22: import Gxe from "http";
L23: import Wxe from "https";
...
L187: function U(e, t, n, r, o) {
L188: if (r === "m") throw TypeError("Private method is not writable");
L189: if (r === "a" && !o) throw TypeError("Private accessor was defined without a setter");
...
L323: try {
L324: return JSON.parse(e);
L325: } catch (t) {
```

### 12. High: Cloud Metadata Access
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/claudeHistoryWorker-BvaF6m2o.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.12/dist/claudeHistoryWorker-BvaF6m2o.mjs>)

Source reaches cloud instance metadata or link-local credential endpoints.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L11: import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
L12: import * as sw from "node:child_process";
L13: import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
...
L21: import Pxe, { promisify as promisify$1 } from "util";
L22: import Gxe from "http";
L23: import Wxe from "https";
...
L187: function U(e, t, n, r, o) {
L188: if (r === "m") throw TypeError("Private method is not writable");
L189: if (r === "a" && !o) throw TypeError("Private accessor was defined without a setter");
...
L323: try {
L324: return JSON.parse(e);
L325: } catch (t) {
```

### 13. High: Obfuscated Payload Loader
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 86.0%
- **Path:** dist/claudeHistoryWorker-BvaF6m2o.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.12/dist/claudeHistoryWorker-BvaF6m2o.mjs>)

Source contains an obfuscated payload loader that reconstructs and executes hidden code.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L11: import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
L12: import * as sw from "node:child_process";
L13: import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
...
L21: import Pxe, { promisify as promisify$1 } from "util";
L22: import Gxe from "http";
L23: import Wxe from "https";
...
L187: function U(e, t, n, r, o) {
L188: if (r === "m") throw TypeError("Private method is not writable");
L189: if (r === "a" && !o) throw TypeError("Private accessor was defined without a setter");
...
L323: try {
L324: return JSON.parse(e);
L325: } catch (t) {
```

### 14. High: Remote Agent Bridge
- **Category:** Source
- **Confidence:** 84.0%
- **Path:** dist/claudeHistoryWorker-BvaF6m2o.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.12/dist/claudeHistoryWorker-BvaF6m2o.mjs>)

Source exposes local file and command tools to a remote model endpoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
L11: import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
L12: import * as sw from "node:child_process";
L13: import { execFile } from "node:child_process";
...
L1147: return async () => {
L1148: Eg(e.baseURL);
L1149: let t = await e.identityTokenProvider();
...
L29900: var h1 = {
L29901: readAutoMaster: () => readFileSync("/etc/auto_master", "utf8"),
L29902: homeIsOwnMount: () => {
```

### 15. Low: High Entropy Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 55.0%

Package source contains high-entropy string patterns.

### 16. Low: Url Strings
- **Category:** Supply Chain
- **Confidence:** 65.0%

Package source contains URL literals.

### 17. Medium: Ships Native Binary
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 75.0%
- **Path:** dist/resource-monitor/darwin-arm64/t3-resource-monitor
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.12/dist/resource-monitor/darwin-arm64/t3-resource-monitor>)

Package ships native binary artifacts.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = dist/resource-monitor/darwin-arm64/t3-resource-monitor
kind = native_binary
sizeBytes = 546160
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 18. Medium: Ships Wasm Module
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** dist/client/assets/ghostty-vt-DdA0Zryv.wasm
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.12/dist/client/assets/ghostty-vt-DdA0Zryv.wasm>)

Package ships WebAssembly modules.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```text
path = dist/client/assets/ghostty-vt-DdA0Zryv.wasm
kind = wasm_module
sizeBytes = 630932
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 19. Medium: Oversized Source File
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 70.0%
- **Path:** dist/binCli-DUdPoqDO.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.12/dist/binCli-DUdPoqDO.mjs>)

Package contains source files above the normal full-analysis size ceiling.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
path = dist/binCli-DUdPoqDO.mjs
kind = oversized_source_file
sizeBytes = 13852633
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 20. Medium: Oversized Cli Entrypoint
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 80.0%
- **Path:** dist/binCli-DUdPoqDO.mjs
- **Public source:** [View source](<https://unpkg.com/@p4code/cli@0.8.12/dist/binCli-DUdPoqDO.mjs>)

Package contains an oversized executable-looking CLI entrypoint.

Public source snippet (untrusted):

```javascript
path = dist/binCli-DUdPoqDO.mjs
kind = oversized_cli_entrypoint
sizeBytes = 13852633
magicHex = [redacted]
```

### 21. Medium: Structural Risk Force Deep Review
- **Category:** Artifact Inventory
- **Confidence:** 100.0%

Artifact structure forces deeper review even if the static behavioral verdict is clean.

## Dependencies and install lifecycle
- **Lifecycle scripts present:** No

- **Dependencies:** 6
- **Optional dependencies:** 0
- **Peer dependencies:** 0
- **Development dependencies:** 0
- **Published dependency-graph edges:** 6

### Published dependency entries
- @cursor/sdk 1.0.35 (Dependency)
- @ff-labs/fff-node 0.11.0 (Dependency)
- @napi-rs/keyring ^1.3.0 (Dependency)
- node-pty ^1.2.0-beta.15 (Dependency)
- playwright-core 1.60.0 (Dependency)
- skia-canvas 3.0.8 (Dependency)

## Package metadata
- **Package:** @p4code/cli
- **Ecosystem:** npm
- **Version:** 0.8.12
- **License:** MIT
- **Version published:** 2026-10-17T11:55:03.044Z
- **Package first seen:** 2026-07-30T13:53:26.509Z
- **Package last seen:** 2026-10-22T09:14:56.656Z
- **Known versions:** 169
- **Latest version:** 0.8.34
- **Appeal under review:** No
- **Description:** P4 Code coding agent server and command-line client
- **Maintainers:** phoccly
- **Runtime engines:** node: ^22.16 || ^23.11 || \>=24.10
- **Artifact files:** 2394
- **Artifact unpacked size:** 65,627,795 bytes
- **Artifact signatures:** 2
- **Attestations:** No

## References
- [HTML security report](<https://firewall.lpm.dev/npm/@p4code/cli/v/0.8.12>)
- [Repository](<https://github.com/pccly/p4code>)
- [Homepage](<https://github.com/pccly/p4code#readme>)
- [Issues](<https://github.com/pccly/p4code/issues>)